All my hard work has come to this point in my life—the ides of June 2023. In the past five years, I have accomplished many great things that, at one point, seemed impossible. This list includes going to the oil field and working a job that most people haven’t or can’t handle. During this time, I visited L.A. twice for North America’s largest anime convention, where I first introduced myself to a city of over a million people. In a bid to figure out my life after realizing that I hated my life and wanted to push myself even further in finding myself, I booked a ticket to Tokyo, Japan. This first trip really pushed me mentally. After an initial breakdown, I picked myself up and had a fantastic experience.
My second trip to Japan was incredible; I didn’t just visit Tokyo; I went to Kyoto and Hiroshima. This was an interesting trip because it coincided with the time frame in which the pop-cult anime film Akari was set. The other and probably most significant part of the trip was learning to just go with the moment and drift with the happenings as they happened. This led me to meet a fantastic woman who I spent a significant amount of time with exploring Kyoto. After our parting, I gave her a gift in the form of a praying fox to remember the good times we shared briefly. 2019 was the biggest year yet. I did L.A. and Japan and went to Istanbul to visit an old high school friend. Wanting to walk a day in her shoes and have the conversation I always wanted, I found myself in a city that was not my cup of tea.
I watched the oil market crash in 2020, coinciding with the worldwide pandemic that left the populace uncertain and fearful. For a period of time, people had to quarantine inside their homes, except for essential workers. In turn, I rode the oil field wave until it eventually crashed. Unemployment was great with the extra money that the government had authorized as a subsidized packet to help many Americans. Many people were making more money than they would have if they had been working, which really made people question their working conditions.
Despite everything going on, my plan was to return to school to finish the 36 more credits I needed to graduate with a bachelor’s in accounting. As I weathered the pandemic, I waited for Japan to open back up. That came on October 11th of 2022. I booked my ticket for Japan 3.0. In my last semester of college for my undergrad degree, I was not only taking some of the hardest classes and, in addition, my exit exam, but I was going to Japan for spring break. At first, there were some obstacles to overcome, going I eventually won and could go. I didn’t just go to Tokyo; I also went to Kyoto and graduated with an A and two Bs. Many of my papers were kept as examples for future students in one class.
I had always wanted to go and do something extremely fun for spring break, and this was mine. I went and saw the cherry blossoms. I flew landed on Saturday night and went to work Sunday morning.
Now that I have graduated, my dream job opened up. I took the opportunity and applied and interviewed on June 14th, expecting to hear back with the news that I got the job by June 22nd at the latest. To have come this far has been truly amazing and wonderful. I am my own hero in my own story.
My motto is “Believe in my and my dreams and tell me yours so that I might do the same for you.” I ask that you do not doubt me and my course, my path. I ask that you have unwavering faith and belief in me, but this is not always true. I have met opposition from some people and unwavering support from others. This doubt and how people live their lives make me think of the character of the people in my life and what it means to have them in my life.
Although I consider some of these individuals friends, I can’t help but shake some of what they have said or their suggestions about my future. For my future, they have said that I need to start working and saving; otherwise, at the end of my life, all I have to look forward to is being awarded to the state. Regarding my job interview, it was said that I shouldn’t be surprised if I don’t get this job, but it was a great experience, and I should be looking at other jobs in the market.
My approach to life and everything that I have done and set out to do is not what you call as being conventional. I have carved out my path rather than taking the less-traveled one. Those paths don’t take you to Japan or around the world, and they surely don’t hold the greatest rewards in life. Even in my last college classes, I put it out there into the universe that I would be doing things a little differently. I would be going down to the river, putting my hands in the air towards the sun, and projecting my message into the universe.
the people who tell me such wild ideas are individuals who have clearly lived their life with regrets and now wander in the misery of their own making. I have to ask what happened to people in life. Where did their sense of adventure and discovery go, and when did we give up finding our greatest discoveries in the unknown? As a society, we once pioneered into space, the unknown believing that it would hold answers. Today I pioneer into the unknown spite the fact that it might seem to be impossible or unattainable because it is there that the greatest rewards are to be found.
In many aspects, I live with great certainty, absolute belief, and faith that events and circumstances will work out. This aligns with everything I have learned from Napolian Hill to Nevilen Godder. To make my reality, I must know and believe in it with absolute belief and faith.
In the mean time, I will continue to plan for my upcoming trips to Japan and my job while developing new fronts in regard to my career as an accountant, education, and obtaining a CPA license.